MTLBlog TL;DR News Roundup

Here's everything Montreal you missed in the news yesterday.

Life is busy and I'm sure you are, too. So keeping up with all the local Montreal news is not easy. We feel you.

So here are some of our biggest stories from the last 24 hours.

From flooding to helmets and a whole lot in between, this was Montreal yesterday... today.

Essentially it's a big ol' TL;DR of that sweet, sweet local news. Did we miss something? Shoot us a tweet @mtlblog.

Several ongoing and proposed projects will vastly expand rail service in Montreal. Among these plans are the extensions of the blue and orange metro lines and the construction of a 'pink line' tram. #Montrealhttps://t.co/QqiLaUPMvR

After Trudeau confirmed that the federal government would be helping to finance the extension of Montreal's Blue Line, we decided it was time to see exactly what the Montreal Metro would look like when allllllll the line extensions are finally done. Here's the map.

Quebec Minister of Education tweeted out a (somewhat hypocritical) photo of himself with Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize winner in history. The backlash was real, especially after Legault went on to reiterate that if Yousafzai wanted to teach in Quebec... she'd have to remove her headscarf first.

Uber JUMP has launched in Montreal, and as the bikes reach speeds of 32km/h, the city has made it mandatory to wear a helmet while riding. Fines for non-compliance will be as high as $127. Full details below 👇 https://t.co/OnhGALpab7

Quebec's Lifesaving Society released a list of the number of deaths by drowning that have occurred since the swimming season began, and the number is up to 29 deaths already. That's a 20% increase from this time last year, and the floods have played a huge part.

The City of Montreal will be creating four new pedestrian-only zones around the city, including one in Cote-des-Neiges and one near the Lachine Canal. See if your borough made the cut.

The Quebec government has now banned campfires in several regions as extreme risk for forest fires continues. Read the whole story 👉https://t.co/S0y72EjTcx

Tom Felton of Harry Potter fame was in Montreal this past weekend for ComicCon. After hosting a Q&A panel and living his best Draco Malfoy life, he stepped out at Montreal's JazzFest... in fact, he even played a set... and no one seemed to notice. Check out the video here.